Method, apparatus and system for the automatic provisioning of a network element
US7263285B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 28, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 28, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B10/079
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for the automatic provisioning of a network element (NE) includes receiving a client signal at a tunable optical translator (OT) in the NE, determining the set of channels supported by the OT that are able to correspond to the client signal, eliminating the channels that have connections, that may be present on a line side of the NE in a laser off scan process, or that have not been equipped or otherwise provisioned for transmission, tuning the OT to each of the remaining channels and determining the optical power level of each channel on a line side of the NE in a laser on scan process. Subsequently, the channel with the highest power level is selected to transmit the client signal and associations for a point to point connection for that channel are added for that OT to a database of associations for the NE.
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